21 Jun 2023
The court accepted that some items in the 1st defendant's bill were excessive (noting items C3, D2 and E2) and, on a broad brush summary assessment, fixed the 1st defendant's costs at HK$200,000; the 2nd defendant having lodged no statement was taken not to be seeking costs; no further costs order was made.
23 Apr 2013
Applying O.62 r.3(2) and r.5 the court exercised its discretion and held that because the applicant commenced litigation with solicitor assistance, persisted after legal aid refusal, and lost at trial, her lack of means did not justify departing from the normal order that costs follow the event; the out-of-time application to vary the nisi order was therefore dismissed.
23 May 2007
The court exercised its discretion to depart from an absolute follow‑the‑event order because the parties advanced discrete claims and the time attributable to successful and unsuccessful issues could be differentiated; having regard to late concessions by Tapbo and absence of improper conduct by Wo Kee, the nisi order was varied to award Wo Kee one quarter of its costs and Tapbo one quarter of its costs, to be netted off, and Wo Kee to have the costs of this costs hearing (with costs of an unpursued arithmetic challenge disregarded).